Sc. Jiang et E. Turos, [3-CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS OF ALLYL(CYCLOPENTADIENYL)IRON(II) DICARBONYL WITH UNACTIVATED CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS(2]), Organometallics, 12(11), 1993, pp. 4280-4282
A procedure is reported for the synthesis of tetrahydrofuran esters ba
sed on a formal [3 + 2]-cycloaddition reaction of allyl(cyclopentadien
yl)iron(II) dicarbonyl with carbonyl compounds.